Poseidon in Arknights

Previously, Reunion had secretly established a cooperative relationship with Rhodes Island, and Reunion also sent several Reunion members, such as Ethan Big Bob, who were not keen on continuing to fight, to join Rhodes Island as operators.

During their conversations, Kal'tsit discovered that Ursus's attitude toward Chernobog of the Reunion Movement seemed very ambiguous.

The army group that had been besieging the area suddenly withdrew, and Chernobog's access code and administrative code remained under the jurisdiction of Ursus.

The surrounding cities didn't impose any trade restrictions on them, which wasn't really in Ursus's interest, and the snake wasn't involved either, not even to get involved.

Perhaps there's a fear of Yuuki involved, but it's probably not that simple...

It seems that he has been too focused on Iberia because of his relationship with Yuuki and Haisi, and something must have happened in Yan and Ursus that he is unaware of.

Otherwise, Yan Guo wouldn't have so readily agreed to let Nian go see her sister so casually, and Ursus's attitude towards Chernobog wouldn't have been so ambiguous.

While the matter of Iberia was relatively easy to investigate, since it was basically out in the open, Kal'tsit didn't have a particularly good way to obtain intelligence on the matters of Ursus and Yan Kingdom, even if she had some suspicions.

"What is Miss Yuuki's opinion?" Kal'tsit turned to look at Yuuki, but since Yuuki was here, her attitude should be quite clear.

“Because it’s very interesting.” Xi Yue shrugged. “Miss Nian and I discussed some things, and I found them very interesting, so I wanted to go and see.”

To be honest, Xi Yue was persuaded by Nian and was just planning to join in scaring people. Of course, Xi Yue liked Xi Bao a lot in her previous life, whether he was handsome or being persecuted.

“I understand now.” Kal'tsit nodded. “So, do you two need travel permits or a Rhodes Island vehicle?”

"A travel permit will suffice," Nian said, leaning on the table. "As for a car, Miss Yuzuki already has one."

“In that case…” Kelsey nodded. It was already good enough that these two came to tell her. She couldn’t ask for too much. Maybe they came because Yuuki asked her to go through some procedures.

As for why it wasn't Nian, Kal'tsit didn't quite believe that Nian would come to ask for leave or apply for a business trip. So the fact that Nian and Yuuki were here now was definitely because Yuuki wanted to go through the proper procedures to ask for leave, so she dragged Nian along.

As for the Doctor and Amiya, they probably just happened to meet on the road; it was just a coincidence.

Kal'tsit quickly prepared the necessary documents for the two of them for the business trip, and then printed them out using the printer next to her: "Alright, it's under the guise of a business trip for inspection."

Yuuki took the two sick leave slips and smiled at Kal'tsit: "Thank you for your help, Dr. Kal'tsit."

"Alright, alright, let's go~" After receiving the leave slip, Nian immediately couldn't wait any longer and pulled Xiyue out.

"Wait a minute." Yu Yue looked helplessly at Nian, who was extremely excited at the moment. "I haven't told Texas and the others about this yet."

——————Yan Kingdom·Grey Qi Mountain·World in a Painting——————

"Achoo! Achoo!" Xi, who was drawing, suddenly sneezed twice in a row, and it even seemed like she couldn't stop.

"What's going on? This feeling..." Xi had a strange feeling, a chill ran down her spine, as if some kind of malice was gradually approaching her.

With a gentle wave of her hand, Xi quickly presented the scenery of the surrounding mountains and forests outside the world in the painting, in the form of a scroll.

"..." Xi looked carefully at the scene presented in the painting around her. She had a premonition that this was definitely the work of her older sister.

Could it be that this guy has prepared some particularly strange movie script again, or is he trying to trick me into eating super spicy ice cream or hot pot again?

"He doesn't seem to be nearby?" After searching carefully for a long time, Xi still couldn't find Nian in the painting. "Could he be preparing something else?"

"..." They searched for a long time but still couldn't find anything Nian had left behind or was preparing any conspiracy. However, the unease in their hearts still lingered.

“That guy is definitely up to something.” Xi waved her hand to disperse the surrounding paintings. Her intuition told her that Nian was definitely preparing a malicious scheme.

So Xi looked at the unfinished painting she was working on. Although it was a bit of a pity, she picked it up and threw it into the air. The painting flew to the top of the studio and gradually disappeared.

Xi then found other scrolls and threw them into the sky along with the previous ones, where they disappeared: "That way, as long as Nian appears around, she'll suffer."

Chapter 164: Ink is also water

——————Yan Kingdom·Grey Mountain·Nearby Villages——————

"Xiyue, are you all better yet?" Nian sat on a small stool a little distance away, watching Xiyue treat the villagers. He seemed to be so bored that he was counting ants on the ground.

"It's nothing, just a slight cold." Xi Yue removed her hand from the villager's, then picked up a pen and wrote a prescription. "Here, take this prescription and go to that table over there to get your medicine. The instructions for taking the medicine are written on this prescription."

Xi Yue handed the list to the villager and pointed to the water clone next to a table with medicine boxes piled up a little distance away.

"Thank you so much." The villager finished paying the bill. "Luckily, it wasn't a big problem."

"You're just overthinking it." Xi Yue smiled. "Take care of yourself. Okay, next one."

Looking at Xiyue, Nian, who seemed to have no interest in paying attention to himself, sat up from the bench, walked to Xiyue's side, and grabbed Xiyue's shoulder.

"Yuzuki, we've been here for five days already. How long are we going to stay?"

"Don't shake it, don't shake it." Xi Yue looked up at Nian helplessly. "You know my habits."

"Even without teleportation, we could have caught my sister ourselves at least a month ago," Nian said, continuing to shake Yuuki's shoulders. "I'm so bored~"

"Do you want me to give you a toy?" Xi Yue's eyes revealed helplessness. "If you're bored, you can go look for one first. After all, I have to finish today's medical treatment. Don't worry, it'll be quick."

“Your sense of time…” Nian shook his head helplessly. It had been almost two months since the two of them left Rhodes Island, which was why it was taking so long.

At least half of that time was spent providing free medical consultations in mobile cities or other settlements along the way.

"Alright, alright, I'll go first." Nian released Xiyue's shoulder. "I'll go see what surprise my sister has left for me."

"Be careful." Xi Yue looked at Nian. "She probably won't give you a good look, and she probably won't let you get away with anything."

"It's nothing, it's nothing~" Nian waved his hand, "Just killing time, it won't do anything anyway, I wonder how my sister's paintings are doing lately?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he walked away. He was so bored sitting there. He was about to find his sister, so he just sat there.

Since I don't understand those medical techniques and am just sitting here doing nothing, I might as well go and see what "surprise" Xi has prepared for me.

"He's really impatient." Xi Yue looked at Nian who had left and shook her head helplessly. However, Xi Yue could understand why Nian still wanted to leave so much.

To be honest, it's really hard on Nian, who has such a personality, to accompany Xiyue for so long during the free clinic, and even though she can only sit on the sidelines bored.

"That doctor?"

"It's nothing, it's nothing." Xi Yue refocused her attention on the villagers in front of her. "My companion just couldn't stand it and went out for a stroll. Let's continue."

——————Yan Kingdom, Grand Tutor's Residence——————

"Grand Tutor." A young man dressed in the robes of the Imperial Household Department bowed with both hands to Grand Tutor Jia, who was sitting at the table silently drinking tea.

"Hmm." The Grand Tutor put down his teacup and looked at the young man before him. "Is there something you need?"

The young man maintained his bowing posture: "They have already begun what the Grand Tutor wanted to keep an eye on."

"Hmm." The Grand Tutor nodded. "I understand. It seems she has begun."

The Grand Tutor breathed a slight sigh of relief, stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the distant palace: "Is there any further movement from Him?"

“No.” The young man shook his head. “We’ve increased surveillance, but there’s no sign of any activity from Him, but…”

“But being quiet doesn’t mean being obedient.” The Grand Tutor nodded. “Go down and send a message to those watching over there, telling them not to keep an eye on them and to let them do what they’re supposed to do.”

"Yes!" The young man straightened up, turned around, and walked out of the Grand Tutor's room.

"..." The Grand Tutor tapped his fingers lightly on the windowsill, looking at the scenery outside, and suddenly said, "We're all old friends, is it really necessary to do this?"

"What do I like? You have a problem with that?" Footsteps suddenly sounded outside the window, and a fierce-looking old man dressed in armor suddenly appeared outside the window.

“I have no objection.” The Grand Tutor shook his head and turned to look at him. “On the contrary, someone like you looks like a petty thief.”

"I see you have quite a few objections," the Grand Commandant said, pursing his lips. "Are you really that confident in that person?"

"Don't worry, how could I not?" The Grand Tutor walked to the table, picked up the teapot, poured two cups of tea, and then walked to the window, handing one of the cups to the Grand Commandant.

“He has always been there, hasn’t he?” The Grand Tutor took a sip of tea and looked at the Grand Commandant who took the teacup. “If He is willing to help, that would be wonderful; if He is not willing to help, then this land will always remain the same.”

“Just an alien god.” The Grand Commandant tilted his head back and drank the tea in his cup in one gulp. “He is not our god, but you are right. If He is willing to help, that would be great. If He is not willing to help, then for this place, He is just like that.”

“He shouldn’t stand idly by at this moment.” The Grand Tutor turned to look at a photograph next to the table. “When the sea learns to be merciful, the oath it utters is enough to testify to its healer’s benevolence.”

The Grand Commandant followed the Grand Tutor's gaze to the photograph on the table, remained silent for a moment, then placed the teacup on the windowsill, turned and disappeared through the window, leaving only a single sentence before leaving.

"If it's necessary, I can do it."

"..." The Grand Tutor silently picked up his teacup and sighed, "What you're saying..."

——————Yan Kingdom, Gray Qi Mountain, in the forest——————

In a secluded tree hole in the mountains, there may have been a hole pecked open by the animals that originally lived here to hide food for the winter. However, what is now inside is not fruit, but a strangely shaped cast object.

Suddenly, numerous cracks appeared on the surface of this strange casting. In the next moment, the cracks covered the entire surface of the casting, and then the ancient casting shattered.

But suddenly, Nian appeared in the forest.

"Hey, landed safely~" Nian stretched. Originally, she wanted to bring Xiyue directly through the artifact she had left here, but the problem was that Xiyue was a bit "heavy", so she had no choice but to slowly stroll over with the two of them.

However, as long as she doesn't teleport Xiyue and is alone, it's still quite simple, since this is her usual way of escaping.

Then, Nian took out a huge loudspeaker from behind his back. Just as he was about to turn it on, he suddenly felt a sense of emptiness under his feet.

"Oh?" Nian looked down and saw that the forest beneath her feet had turned into a huge hole. But Nian was not flustered at all. This level of trickery was still too easy for her, right?

But Nian didn't resist, letting herself fall into that deep pit. Anyway, she was bored, so she might as well play with her younger sister for a while.

Moreover, Nian also wanted to see what surprise Xi had prepared to teach her a lesson.

The pit wasn't too deep, and after a short while, Nian gently landed on the ground. Then, Nian looked around and saw only darkness and endless emptiness.

"So I entered the painting without even realizing it?" Nian looked around curiously. "No, it should be that my casting was already placed into the painting by Xi Xian."

“That’s not right.” Nian touched her chin. This wasn’t one of those castings she’d casually tossed onto the ground before. She’d put some thought into it. If Xi picked it up or incorporated it into the painting, she should have been able to sense it.

“It seems I was already a painting when I first came here.” Nian knew her younger sister well. After realizing the problem, she immediately thought of the first time she came here. She probably unknowingly became part of the painting.

The entire Gray Qi Mountain may have been shrouded in the painting, which is why Nian was completely unaware when she first entered, and why her creation was unknowingly incorporated into the painting, since it was originally part of the painting.

"Xi! You're not really going to treat me like this, are you? It can't be that bad!" Nian put her hands to her mouth and shouted, "I just wanted to introduce a friend to you!"

"Get out of here!" In the empty space, Xi's slightly angry voice suddenly rang out, "What friend? You're probably trying to trick me again. Get out of here right now."

"Haha." Nian shook his head helplessly. It seemed that his credibility was indeed completely nonexistent in front of his younger sister, and perhaps even in a state of arrears.

"Don't be like that, we haven't seen each other in so long." Nian looked up at the crater in her head that had somehow disappeared. "Can we meet? Let your big sister give you a hug~"

"No, who told you to hug me? I don't want to see you." Xi's voice was filled with firm refusal. "Leave now, I know you can just leave."

"It's true, we haven't seen each other for years, and this is how you treat me when I finally come all this way." Nian looked up at the sky with feigned sadness, knowing that Xi could see her.

"If you don't leave now, I won't be polite." Xi Wuqing's voice came from the darkness, issuing a final ultimatum to Nian.

"No way..." Before Nian could finish speaking, the slightly bright hole was plunged into complete darkness, accompanied by numerous whooshing sounds.

——————Painting Studio——————

"Hmph!" Xi looked at the scroll unfolding in front of her. In the ink painting, Nian tossed and turned in the emptiness, dodging the phantom of himself that Xi had painted and kept rushing towards him.

If Nian doesn't want to leave, it's not easy for her to leave now. Even if she uses her old kind of firecrackers, it won't work. She'll just fall into another layer of the painting.